// Copyright (c) 2017-2026 Lethean (https://lt.hn) // // Licensed under the European Union Public Licence (EUPL) version 1.2. // SPDX-License-Identifier: EUPL-1.2 package difficulty import ( "math/big" "testing" ) func TestNextDifficulty_Good(t *testing.T) { // Synthetic test: constant block times at exactly the target interval. // With perfectly timed blocks, the difficulty should remain stable. const target uint64 = 120 const numBlocks = 100 timestamps := make([]uint64, numBlocks) cumulativeDiffs := make([]*big.Int, numBlocks) baseDifficulty := big.NewInt(1000) for i := 0; i < numBlocks; i++ { timestamps[i] = uint64(i) * target cumulativeDiffs[i] = new(big.Int).Mul(baseDifficulty, big.NewInt(int64(i))) } result := NextDifficulty(timestamps, cumulativeDiffs, target) if result.Sign() <= 0 { t.Fatalf("NextDifficulty returned non-positive value: %s", result) } // With constant intervals, the result should be approximately equal to // the base difficulty. Allow some tolerance due to integer arithmetic. expected := baseDifficulty tolerance := new(big.Int).Div(expected, big.NewInt(10)) // 10% tolerance diff := new(big.Int).Sub(result, expected) diff.Abs(diff) if diff.Cmp(tolerance) > 0 { t.Errorf("NextDifficulty with constant intervals: got %s, expected ~%s (tolerance %s)", result, expected, tolerance) } } func TestNextDifficultyEmpty_Good(t *testing.T) { // Empty input should return starter difficulty. result := NextDifficulty(nil, nil, 120) if result.Cmp(StarterDifficulty) != 0 { t.Errorf("NextDifficulty(nil, nil, 120) = %s, want %s", result, StarterDifficulty) } } func TestNextDifficultySingleEntry_Good(t *testing.T) { // A single entry is insufficient for calculation. timestamps := []uint64{1000} diffs := []*big.Int{big.NewInt(100)} result := NextDifficulty(timestamps, diffs, 120) if result.Cmp(StarterDifficulty) != 0 { t.Errorf("NextDifficulty with single entry = %s, want %s", result, StarterDifficulty) } } func TestNextDifficultyFastBlocks_Good(t *testing.T) { // When blocks come faster than the target, difficulty should increase. const target uint64 = 120 const numBlocks = 50 const actualInterval uint64 = 60 // half the target — blocks are too fast timestamps := make([]uint64, numBlocks) cumulativeDiffs := make([]*big.Int, numBlocks) baseDifficulty := big.NewInt(1000) for i := 0; i < numBlocks; i++ { timestamps[i] = uint64(i) * actualInterval cumulativeDiffs[i] = new(big.Int).Mul(baseDifficulty, big.NewInt(int64(i))) } result := NextDifficulty(timestamps, cumulativeDiffs, target) if result.Cmp(baseDifficulty) <= 0 { t.Errorf("expected difficulty > %s for fast blocks, got %s", baseDifficulty, result) } } func TestNextDifficultySlowBlocks_Good(t *testing.T) { // When blocks come slower than the target, difficulty should decrease. const target uint64 = 120 const numBlocks = 50 const actualInterval uint64 = 240 // double the target — blocks are too slow timestamps := make([]uint64, numBlocks) cumulativeDiffs := make([]*big.Int, numBlocks) baseDifficulty := big.NewInt(1000) for i := 0; i < numBlocks; i++ { timestamps[i] = uint64(i) * actualInterval cumulativeDiffs[i] = new(big.Int).Mul(baseDifficulty, big.NewInt(int64(i))) } result := NextDifficulty(timestamps, cumulativeDiffs, target) if result.Cmp(baseDifficulty) >= 0 { t.Errorf("expected difficulty < %s for slow blocks, got %s", baseDifficulty, result) } } func TestNextDifficulty_Ugly(t *testing.T) { // Two entries with zero time span — should handle gracefully. timestamps := []uint64{1000, 1000} diffs := []*big.Int{big.NewInt(0), big.NewInt(100)} result := NextDifficulty(timestamps, diffs, 120) if result.Sign() <= 0 { t.Errorf("NextDifficulty with zero time span should still return positive, got %s", result) } } func TestConstants_Good(t *testing.T) { if Window != 720 { t.Errorf("Window: got %d, want 720", Window) } if Lag != 15 { t.Errorf("Lag: got %d, want 15", Lag) } if Cut != 60 { t.Errorf("Cut: got %d, want 60", Cut) } if BlocksCount != 735 { t.Errorf("BlocksCount: got %d, want 735", BlocksCount) } }